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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-02-03

MARBLE, GRANITE AND STATUARY
This business is an important one, engaging
forty-dve firms, with capital Of S93O0O0, yield
ing product of So, 100000 annually The marble
obtained within few miles of the city is of
excellent quality. The greater part of that
used in the construction of the Washington
Monument was furnished by those controlling
these quarries; also the monolithic columns of
the Capitol
HUGH SIsSON 8 SONS Importers, Dealers and
Manufacturers of Marble and statuary. Monu-
ments, Tombs. Cemetery Curbing, Mantels.
Tiles. Furniture Slabs, and Counters Sales
room-210 E. Baltimore Street. Steam Marble
Works and Yard-Cor. North and Monument
Streets.
BEvAN & SONS NV. F. Bevan.) Steam Marble
Works. Monuments Tomb-Stones, Mantels.
Marble and Encaustic Thing. Building work
In Marble and Brown stone. lao Saratoga
Street.
GRANITE.
GILL & MCMAHON. Granite Cutters, Monu-
ment and Building Work. wsltersville Quar-
ries, near Woodstock, Md; Office: N, 3. Cor
Pratt and Penn. streets.
BERRY McFREDERICK edward R. Berry,
A. j. McFrederick), Granite and Blue Stone,
Ooodstock White Granite, sc. Cemetery and
Building Work promptly Executed. Office
and Yard: 524 s. Eutaw street.
WOODSTOCK GRANITE CO. Matthew Gault.
Secretary and Treasurer), Fox Rock Quarry,
worked over fifty years. Stock clear and sus-
ceptible of highest polish. 700 W. Pratt Street
STONE WORKS ANDsLATE RooFERs
NJ. GAULT & SON. Established 1882, Steam
Workers = Granite, Blue Stone, Marble and
Penn Street.
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LARD AND LARD OH.

Fourteen firms in this branch; with capital
OF $2,10o,OO0, do business in sales and export
OF $9,400,000. In the matter Of lard, the highest
excellence has been attained by the refners.
Shipments are made to nearby States, and the
export demand takes large quantities to every
country and port trading here.
P. T. GEORGE s. CO., Refiners and Manufactur-
ers OF Lard and Lard Oil, 214 W. Lombard St.
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FERTILIZERS AND cHEM1cA1s.

FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICALS.
A glance at the rapid development of this man
ufacture within few years would justify the
conviction that it is further capable of almost
indefinite expansion. In this extraordinary
growth Baltimore has taken the lead. Probably
one-half the entire product of the country
originates here. This foothold obtained pre-
sents an appearance Of security. Twentyseyen
firms engaged, disburse wages to !, 917 hands, to
the amount of $5O0,00O annually. The capital
employed equals 81, 900; the value of mate
rial, 81, $4,000. and the average product being
about 100000 tons, reaches the figures of
$1,000 900.
P. s. CHAPPELL 8 SON established 1s4s).
Manufacturing Chemists. Specialties: Sui
phuric Acid, Chemical Manures. Office No.
South Street.
R. j. BAKER 8 co. Or. j. Baker, R. J. Hol-
lingsworth), Importers and Manufacturers of
Stuffs, Acids, Glue, Indigo, &C., No. SO South
Charles Street. Factory, Locust Point.
LIEBIG q GIBBONS, Manufacturers Of Standard
Fertilizers and General Agents of the Fla
mingo Guano Co. Importers of Flamingo
Guauo. best natural guano in the market.
G. ODER & SONS co. Robert Ober. president:
secretary and treasurer), Manufacturers and
Proprietors of the high standard Ammoniated
Super phosphate of Lime, Dissolved South
Carolina Bone Phosphate. Office. rs South
Gay Street; Factory, Locust Point.
THE CHESAPEAKE GUANo COMPANY u. C.
Grafiin. president; W. Il. Crawford, vice-presi-
dent; A. @. Pracht, treasurer), Main Office.
No. p Postofce Avenue. Baltimore. Md,
Brands: Chesapeake Guano (for all crops,
Chesapeake Guano for Tobacco, Cotton Maker.
sLINGLUFF & CO., Manufacturing Chemists
and Manipulators of Phosphates, Office, l57 W.
Fayette Street; Works, Foot of Leadenhall st.
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J. NEEDLES & SON, Established 1882. Retailers
Of Fancy Dry Goods, 2l2 North Charles Street.
seventh door above Lexington.
A. G. BRoADB ENT g. CO.. Importers and Re-
tailers of Silks, Dress Goods Lacess, Shawls
Linens and Domestics, No. II North Charles
Street.
UPHOLSTERY FABRICS AND LACE
CURTAINS.
MOHLER q HURLBUTT. importers OF Uphol.
stery Fabrics and Lace Curtains. designers OF
Draperies, Portieres. Slip Coverings for
summer use. Window Shades, Cornices and
Poles, IA N. Charles street. Furniture Re-
upholstered In a superior manner.
NOTIONS AND TRIMMINGS
]. T. RICE SON, Notions, Trimmings. Hosi
cry and Toys, 212 Lexington Street.
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HATS. FUBs IND UMBBE11As.

AA1O1 1OItS AND INTERPRETATIONS
This branch of Baltimores business is ably
represented, and the firms below stand in the
front rank among the enterprising retail mer-
chants of the city.
R. Q. TAYLOR s. CO.. Or. @. Taylor, g. B. s..
Lansdowne, Robt. Millikin, A. K. Taylor I'm
porters and Dealers in Hats, Furs and UNI
brellas, Calvert ST. opposite Barnum's Hotel
B. h. sTINEwITZ, Hats, Caps Umbrellas. etc.
II E Baltimore, near Charles Street.
STRAW GOODS MANUFACTURERS.
WILSON g. PERRY, Manufacturers of Straw
Goods. 1Ol Lexington Street and 4e Liberty
Street.
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PIANO MAyUFAc rURERs.

PIANO M4NUFAC TURERS.
In the stocks may be found instruments from
every leading manufacturer in the country, and,
IN addition. good instruments of less fame. The
Baltimore pianos stand deservedly high, some
having obtained the most honorable mention in
the great Exposition of the World. They are
well received in other large cities, where so
many originate, and hold their own against the
keenest competition. The product is about $500
10 3,ooo annually. Thirteen firms, with a capital
OF about $1,O0O,0O0, produce the equivalent OF
S1,700000.
WILLIAM KNABE 8 CO., Gold Medal Pre-
MUM Piano Fortes,) Manufacturers of Grand,
OF OF Eutaw and West Streets. Warerooms:
KY and 2O6 W. Baltimore Street. Baltimore;
oII Market Space, Washington; LIZ Fifth
WIN. HEINEKAMP & SON, Manufacturers Of
Grand, Square and Upright Piano-fortes, and
Dealers in Organs. Every INSTRUMENT war
ranted for five years. Organs and Second
hand Pianos of different makes at all prices,
1M1W ssc on hang, f9r sale or rent. Office and
East OF Charles Factory, Corner st. Peter and
Sterrett Streets.
PIANOS, ORGANS AND MUSICAL IN
STR UMENTS.
OTTO SUTRO & co. Wholesale and Retail deal
ers in Steinway and other leading Pianos. Ma
son and Hamlin, and other leading Organs,
Brass, String, and Wood instruments. Largest
stock OF Foreign and American Sheet Music
and Books south of New York. 10 E. Baltimore
Street.
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GALVANIZED IRON g. CORNICE
WORKS. s ssss.s
There are four firms engaged in this trade,
whose sales of products amount to $4,000 per
annum. The business furnishes employment to
many hands, and the wants of the trade are sup
piled with promptness and satisfaction.
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HOTELS.

Baltimore may Justly be proud of the attrac-
iveness, comfort and luxury of her hotels. Pre-
sided over by gentlemanly proprietors, visitors
cannot fail to receive the most satisfactory
accommodations. The advantages of market
unexcelled in the extent and variety of food
essentials have combined to give Baltimore
Hotels notable priority in their cuisine.
THE CARRoLToN, u. Shannon Manager.) Bal
timore and Light Streets.
HOTEL RENNERT, European Plan. Liberty &
Saratoga Streets
EUTAW HOUSE, c. 8. Wood Proprietor. First
Glass. Acknowledged as unsurpassed in all
that contributes to the comfort of it's Patrons
Elevator and all modern Improvements. Supe-
rior accommodations for families. Rooms with
private baths, extra. Running water in every
room. Rates, 81. so, $500, and $3.50 per day.
MOUNT VERNON HOTEL, E. " westcott, Man
ager. 81 W. Monument Street.
ST. JAMES HOTEL, Favorably located, Elegant
ly furnished, Excellent cuisine and select atten-
dance. Cor. Charles and Centre Streets
MANSION HOUSE, Isaac Alberston, Proprietor
This popular and well known SI50 house, has
been under this management since 1854. spe-
cial feature, SO cent dinners. Rooms first class
City Passenger Cars to the corner of st. Paul
Street, within few steps of the Mansion
House. N. W. Cor. Fayette q st. Paul Streets.
THE CLARENDON" J. F. barrow, Proprietor,
Cor. Hanover and Pratt Streets, Baltimore, Md.
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ELECTRICAL AND TELEGRAPH

ELECTRICAL AND TELEGRAPH
SUPPLIES.
There are three firms in this line which enjoy
business of S250,000. The business is rapidly
growing in Importance.
vIADUCT MANUFACTURING COMPANY
"a. G. Davis, President; A. B. Proa, Secre-
tary and Treasured; A. B. Davis, Manager),
manufacturers of Telephone, Telegraph and
Electric Light Supplies, Faure Storage Bat
teries, Magnetic Signal Bells, District Tele
graph Goods. Office N. W. corner Charles and
German Streets. Works, Relay Station, B. &
o. r. r.
FRANKLIN ELECTRIC WORKS of Baltimore
City, Manufacturers Importers and dealers in
all Electrical supplies Electro Medical Appa.
ratus, and appliances, of every description. IA
W. Baltimore Street, (New No. 206 E. Balti-
more Street.)
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GROCERS--RETALE.

!. In the retail relation, Baltimore can boast Of
number of sterling exemplars, whose conser
walton and judicious conduct of business has
placed them in the highest consideration among
has distinguished merchants.
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JEHEnRY. WATcHEs & DIAMoNps

JEWELRY, WATCHES & DIAMONDS.
one hundred and twenty-four firms operate
capital of S1,35O,OO0; sales reaching S3s4o,O 0O
Ten firms among the multitude are the more
prominent, at whose establishments the crav-
ings of the most refined and luxurious can be
satisfied.
HENNEGEN, BATES & CO., Diamonds, Fine
Watches, Jewelry. and Sterling Silver Ware,
corner Baltimore and Charles Streets.
H. F. ATKINSON & CO., Watches, Jewelry,
Silver-ware Clocks and Optical Goods, n e.
Corner Lexington and Liberty Streets.
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HATS, CAPS AND STRAW GOODS,
Seventeen firms are engaged, with capital of
$SO0000 transactions footing up 81, $50, 900. One
third the whole may be referred to manufac-
lures, which have doubled within a few years,
and one-half the whole relates to straw The
Baltimore straw hat is synonym for an ex
cellent article.
ALBERT AUSTRIAN, M.nutactu of hats,
Caps and Straw Goods, 123 West Baltimore
Street.
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Firms, ninety-two; capital, S., 1875 600; products
S11,S90,0o0. The products, such as boilers en-
gines, pulleys shaftings, crushers car Wheels
saw and grist mill machinery, hydraulic presses,
bells, brass works, also ornamental iron fronts
are shipped throughout the United States, and
to Mexico. Specially in brass and copper fittings
have these establishments gained great tceleb-
rity.
BARTLETT. HAYWARD & CO., Founders, &C.,
corner Pratt and Scott Streets. Office: Keyser
Building, Cor, German Calvert Streats
POOLE 8 HUNT (Robert Poole. German H.
Hunt. Founders and Machinists Works at
Woodbury., IN. G; R. R }; City office, 7 German
Street. near South,
E.J GOOD 8 CO., Foundry, Machine and Boiler
Works, Builders of Stationary and Marine
Boilers Stills, Tanks. Agitators, kettles &c.
Stationary and Marine Engines, Fertilizing
Mills. Steam Dredges. 40 Prompt attention
Pipe fitting. Iron and brass castings made to
order. 255 to PSI South Caroline Street.
GAS AND WATER PIPES.
j. VERNON CAMPBELL, Enterprise Iron
Works. manufacturer OF Castings, for builders,
machinists and city passenger railways, corner
Aliceanna and Eden Streets, The Mccoy
Propeller Wheel. Good work guaranteed.
MACHINERY.
THOMAS C. BAssHOR (Thomas G. Basshor,
Wallace Stebbins), Steam Heating. Mach inery,
&C., % Light Street.
COPPER WORKS.
ser,) OfHce in Keyser Building, Cor. German
and Calvert Streets. Works at Canton, Geo.
A. Pope, Manager.
IRON WORKERS.
VARIETY IRON WORKS, Louis Brecht Prop.
Manufacturer of Cast and Wrought Iron work
of every description, such as Iron Safe Doors
Balconies. Awnings, Iron Works for Buildings
All kinds of Fancy Gates, Iron Ratings,
Porches, Hot Houses, Hay Racks, Settles, Bed
steads etc. No. 316 Franklin Street.
GEO. H. PAGELS & SON, Railing, Vault Door
and Iron Shutters ALI kinds of Builders Irons,
Stirrups specially. N. E. Cor. Saratoga and
Jasper Streets
G. KRUG G. SON, Manufacturers Of every descrip-
ton of Wrought and Cast Iron Work. Railing,
ing. Vanes, Finnials Builders Iron Work, &c.
s. W. Cor Saratoga and Jasper Streets.
BELL FOUNDRY.
HENRY MosHANE 8 CO., proprietors The
McShane Bell Foundry, opposite Pennsylvania
r. R. Depot, l47-161 North Street.
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FERTILIZERS AND CLEMENTS.
JOHN BULLOCK s. SON, Dealers in Foreign
and Domestic Cements-Rosedale Round Top
and Portland, No. II Smiths Wharf. Also
Manufacturers of Pure Raw and Dissolved
Bone, Glue, Meats Foot OIL &c.
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AND sENGINES.-MAN
FACTC RERS.

The business in hydraulic elevators, as also
hosting machinery with steam power has
gained great Roadway during recent years. In
Baltimore the four firms do an aggregate bust
ness of S45O,OO0.
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ERNEST FRANK q SON. Engine and Machine

ERNEST FRANK d SON, Engine and Machine
Manufacturing Works, 424. 1926 and 4ss West
Pratt Street, (Wm. R. Ramsey. Manager).
Steam Engines and Boilers, Brewery. Butch
Pat. Round Meat Cutters, Pat. Chopping
Machines. Steam Jacket Kettles, Saw Mills,
Saw Arbors. Hangers, Shafting, Betting. Etc i.
Ice Refrigerating Machinery. Hosting
Machinery Department, Hand Power. Steam
Power and Hydraulic Elevators OF all descrip-
tons.
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WATSON & CANNON, Wholesale and Retail
Grocers and Wine Merchants, No. % N. Eutaw
Street.

THos. L. REESE. Established 1882, Fine Gro
ceries and Table Luxuries, 207 and 2O9 West
Pratt Street.
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FURNITURE.

FURNITURE.
Every style Of Furniture from the richest and
most elaborate, public Office, hotel, saloon, draw
ing room and chamber, to the less pretentious
cabinet, is made up with elegance and skill
Seventy-two firms, with a capital of 1896, 900,
employ 1850 hands, with annual wages Of
$4,000, The value of material is about
S1,3S6OO0, with product or sales. of So 25O,OO0
M. L. STRAUS & SONS, Manufacturers OF Par
lor Chamber, Hall and Office Furniture and
Dealers in Carpets, Oil Cloths, Mattings Rugs
&C. Nos 101, 103 and 105 N. Howard Street
DESKS AND SCHOOL FURNITURE.
GEORGE A. MILLS, Manufacturer of Office.
Counting Room and School Furniture, North.
west Corner of President Street and Canton
Avenue
CHAIR MANUFACTURERS.
GEORGE CHAPMAN 8 SON, Manufacturers
for the trade of Walnut and Maple Cane-seat
Chairs. Oak Bent and W ood-seat Chairs, Settles
and Folding Chairs. Office and warerooms, 80
German Street,
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Mill FURNISHINGS.

Mill FURNISHINGS.
This important business is conducted by eight
firms, with capital of about S250,00O, and a
product of $930,0OO
B. F. STARR 3 co. Baltimore Mill Furnishing
Works. Manufacturers of MIL Stones, Portable
Mills SO. Importers of Boiling Cloths and
General Mill Furnishers. North and Centre SITS.
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THE CLARENDON" J. F. barrow, Proprietor,
Cor. Hanover and Pratt Streets, Baltimore, Nd.
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LEON JAsrREMsKT President,
o. d. TEEEIAQs, Secretary,


WAsufNarog. Oct. "a. Al the Navy Do
r,ortrng,,t NJ, 5.,, n ~ Io,rned +bet IN, tyyn
wi EHeAt Y y VIZ ,i 'tiss ~ WI
weeks paaI secretary WHlPley hHs peelt 20 ~
as 10 be unable TO open his mail.
The Secretary. though suffering from no
a,Y,,t,s ,ltssaea IL n roya,.e M conafant Mead
~, isns 49,
Aehesi ana ms pnyblelRhs nave IotpladeR hlih
70 do any work for some time. IL is believed Q
long rest will be reuured TO restore the
geoTotary n IA IIsnaI bpaltl,
III ~ ~, - W ~ ,tI. 49, = -
ne hRA besp Wonpled Blth lleas AeAaAcbes
for year or more, and they have grown
more and more severe. lie has not been able
~ i4' -, ..l II ~. ,aI ~ ~ i
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Legislature, condemned ard denounced fhe
white leaders implicated, after personal III.
Veatigdtion which he made onsthe spot
This Iensas Affair." occurred IN the early
fall Of 1878, and Nicholas message TO the
Legislature containing the denuncfAtion was
read and published IN January. 1879. Dur
ing tho interval Mr. White, who was still
senator, ard the closest adviser Of Gov.
Nichols, u conversation With q certain Ren.
5ienaan CIR. White no doubt remembers
hinll. said thst It would be the Governors
policy to strongly denounce one prominent
Instance OF bulldozinR for political effect
abroad, and in order that the many other
ceFes might pass unobseryed and unher-
The gentleman did not fail to perceive the
Jeanittcal character OF suoh 4 course, and so
expressed himself. The Tenaaa message
came al the Bame.
We saw a number Of prominent gentlemen
from IenEas dragged before the partisan
United States court under an Indictment
aYoWed BY the foreman Of the grand jury TO
nave been based, IN the main, upon the lnes-
sage Of Gov. Nichols.
NOW, we think, we are well founded m BuB-
pectinz that Mlr, White Inspired, IL he did not
write, TINT part AZ least, OF the.mesRage.
Such an act would not be In diRnceord with
bis treatment Of Chadworth II is In e1cru-
elAtlng dtEsonance with Coy Nicholas De
moefacy, IS proclaimed by himself az the
Zaehafie barbecue.
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messERY III HEM ORLEANS
A Large hgaeiing ii Pat aiealie's Baliiwloi,
he First Ward,

4 FsrrI3 aEeErIEa nR STURDY DEal9onAF5 fA-
noRaE GOV. NENARg.
Nav Orleans Times Democrat.
HAd those pafaons residing outside tne
Ant Ward been prebent ~ the nleetlng hela
n Iosz Hall, which organized q ne has
gaftg Guards last nisht, y support @ Ss9s.
Il. b NcEaefy, they wpstld have seen 2 pnyss
i,.ai PREDICTION 81 the rnpested boasts that
sIcisnery 4nsn were scarce in the ward.
qae ntetgig, which vas large one, Mas
atsonae5 pfiaeipally b mon employed " she
cotton n1sssas WHO reside d the ward.
81 III Callahan called Tie meBting % or
der and laid dQan ms iAet tAst w 4aiss,,i
aas Tor lha itpagg e eEssiissli NJ w VA
tie past ntlla Fafis. .4.,,4
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q az res AZ q sell4ut That Nns pnINei gtll
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as Kelley was aleeied VICE preAls.epi
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THE STATE CONVENTION.


Apportionment o. Delegates 10 the Sew
eraI Parishes.
HEApouAHTEEs DEMooeAr srArE oEErnAIl
CdmmsttDci
laton Rouge, La, Oct y, 1887
The following resolutions for the guidance
OF the Democratic party Of Louisiana were
adopted unanimously az the meeting q the
Democratic Stet1 Central Committee ~ New
~. That tho State nominating convention
be held Al tho City Of Baton Rouge, on Tues
day, Jan. 10, 1883.
2. That the superintendent Of Representa-
ton in such convention shall be one delegate
10 ach 200 votes or more, baaed upon the
highest Democrat ~ Conservative vote cast at
the last general election for presidential cleo
that In the parishes Of 81, landry aud Acadia
the Rpportionment shall be for st, Landry
thirteen delegates and Tor Acadia six dele
70, The eleot.er shall be conducted by the
Democratic onaeI yAtiva voters Of tho ynrl-
Gus pariahea, under such rules and fegnin-
lions aa may be adopted by the respective
Parish Executive Committees OF the various
parishes; provided, that in no case shall any
delegate to such convention be appointed By
any such Executive COmnhttee.
-, Res0tDsd, That IN order to ooneiiiate
the differences which may oxist In the various
pariBhey Of the tie, and 70 unite the Demo-
cratic Conservative vote therein, the chair
man Of the State Central Committee be and
10 hereby authorized 70 appoint from, the
mombers OF this committee n sub-oonimitsee
OF three, OF which the chairman Of the Slate
Central Committee shall be chairman, whu
shall be authorized TO proceed Immediately
10 any parish In which dual executive CONF
mttteeH may be organized. for the purpose OF
compromising their differences, and failing
IN this, 10 order under such regulations aa
they may tx an election at such time a. they
shall nRmo for members Of such parish eN-
ecutive committee, provided, that each fac
ton In such parish snail have appointed by
such gub-cQmmitise Of. the State Central
Committee two commissioners of election, to
be naIned al their suggestion, at each polling
place, and that the Judge OF election At each
polling place shall DO selected and appointed
Committee,n
Ia accordance with tho above resolutions
the apportionment Of delegates will DO as fol
iOWns
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WAsn1SoEoN, Oct 29--Com. B. B. Har-
monN chief Of the Bureau Of Yards and
Docks, has prepared his annual report upon
the operations Of that bureau during the
past year. He says that appropriations have
been expended with the greatest economy,
and "a much done as was possible with this
limited amount to arrest deterioration Of
government property, the sum, however,
being 50 eIuall It had but little effect.
on the Mare Islaud tCal) Navy Yard, the
report says: This navy yard l. our Only
naval aiRtion on The shores Of the Pacific. II
would be our only base tor naval opera iois
for tile defepse Of the ports Of this coast, for
protection Of orr Pacific trade, and for the
assertion, il it should become necessary Of
the dignity and strength Of the nation upon
this greatest Of all ocean areas,
tiAt present European naval powers are
rapidly acquiring The insnlar countries q
yaneing SO far as 70 nlake among ihenlHellges
4 virtual partition Of the Western Pacltlc,
| and extending 50 far Of late AZ 70 practically
annex Rropps " lHlands where Ail en-. .ll
/ tofore pertnanent IN conRidetlng these
1 naoyements the possibility docs not seem q
/ distaiit one, tllat our eNtr0Ine Weslerg tefEl-
tory may 9e hampered and sulIeqlle $50 ~
1 This, Ii addition 70 the iIinieAse develop,
/ nent nppn land aud sen on the FeGlhe epAss
that will follow the opening ~ uhe lptsl-
grester MAYA activity, for which We shoula
4 ne pfepared Not only should the Question
j he Considered Of Embellishments of additlpnat
navel RESOURCES ~ tue waters q Fugess
4 Sound. the great coNl and irqn re&iQns pi
\ TIE fature upon this coast, but Ineespres
4 ghonld ID taken 10 place this, our only uAyaA
station now existing upon NM CO.'S Az q
ss v ,,.ssg S,,1 ft{.' eftain and streHR On Dre-